This minor update to iPhotoSync contains a fix for the issue where automatic sync of specific albums wasn’t syncing any photos/videos. To get it, pick “Check for Updates” from the iPhotoSync menu, or download it from the iPhotoSync page. Release Notes for iPhotoSync Version 1.2.2 Fixed Bugs Fixed an issue where automatic syncing of specific [...]
iPhotoSync 1.2.2 is out!
November 19th, 2010iPhotoSync beta 25 is out!
October 14th, 2010This beta release fixes several bugs: Fixed issues with net service names. WARNING: Your current “automatic sync” settings will be lost. Sorry! I won’t let it happen again once beta is over. If the iPhoto Library isn’t there (e.g. if it’s on a network volume that hasn’t been mounted yet) don’t create empty directories; just [...]
How I recovered after an OS X reinstall
September 19th, 2010The other day I reinstalled OS X. My computer had become extremely sluggish and I wanted to see if the performance would improve if I reformatted my hard disk and started over. Along the way I learned a few lessons about restoring using Arq. Here’s what I did: Before Wiping Out My Data Before I [...]
Deleting other computers’ backups
September 18th, 2010If you’ve transferred your work to a new computer and don’t need the old computer’s backups in your S3 account anymore, you’ll need to delete them. Arq does not currently provide a mechanism for deleting those backups, but you can delete them through the AWS Management Console. Here’s how to do that: First, open the [...]
How to back up and restore your important Mac OS X files
September 18th, 2010Apple has excellent instructions for backing up and restoring Safari bookmarks Address Book contacts iCal calendars Keychains Mail preferences and messages Here’s the link: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2980 To back up your Safari bookmarks etc, make sure Arq is backing up these items: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.LSSharedFileListplist ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.RSS.plist ~/Library/Safari/ To back up your Address Book, make sure Arq is backing up [...]
iPhotoSync beta 18 is out!
September 1st, 2010This beta release fixes a number of issues including network communication errors. It also supports running simultaneously for multiple logged-in users on the same computer. To get the latest release you can pick “Check for Updates” from the iPhotoSync menu (if you’ve already installed it) or download it from here:http://www.haystacksoftware.com/iphotosync/iPhotoSync.zip. The full release notes [...]
Arq 1.5.12 is out!
August 23rd, 2010This is a minor update which adds 1 new significant feature — the ability to select a single file to back up. To get it, pick “Check for Updates” from the Arq menu, or download it from the product page. Here are the details: Release Notes for Arq Backup Version 1.5.12 Feature Additions Select an [...]
iPhotoSync beta 17 is out!
August 19th, 2010This release fixes the date problem. Photos retrieved from other computer’s were getting the current date/time instead of retaining the date/time of the file on the other computer. To get the latest release you can pick “Check for Updates” from the iPhotoSync menu (if you’ve already installed it) or download it from here:http://www.haystacksoftware.com/iphotosync/iPhotoSync.zip. The [...]
iPhotoSync beta 16 is out!
August 16th, 2010This release includes a new “welcome screen” that only appears once; it explains the beta process and asks for you to send feedback on iPhotoSync. There are a number of bug fixes, including a fix for the non-functioning “Show Ignored Photos” checkbox. To get the latest release you can pick “Check for Updates” from the [...]
iPhotoSync beta 15 is out!
August 11th, 2010Compared to beta 10, this release of iPhotoSync is much better about finding and ignoring duplicates. Specifically, it won’t retrieve a photo from the other computer if it has (as its original or modified photo) the other computer’s original or modified version of that photo. Also, for JPEGs it only considers the image data in [...]